What They Said

"Again, having the Spirit of Christ, faith fetches all strength from Christ. Samson's strength was in his locks; a Christian's strength is in Christ. This the devil knows well, and therefore labours especially to weaken faith, and draw us from our strength."

Richard Sibbes

“It needs to be said that faith is not a mere optimistic feeling, any more than repentance is a mere regretful or remorseful feeling. Faith and repentance are both acts, and acts of the whole man...faith is essentially the casting and resting of oneself and one’s confidence on the promises of mercy which Christ has given to sinners, and on the Christ Who gave those promises. “

“Perseverance is the badge of true saints. The Christian life is not a beginning only in the ways of God, but also a continuance in the same as long as life lasts.”

“Faith is the only thing required, not knowledge. A man may be a poor unlearned sinner, and know little of books. But if he sees enough to find the foot of the cross, and trust in Jesus for pardon, I will engage, from the authority of the Bible, that he shall not miss heaven. To know Christ is the corner-stone of all saving knowledge.”

"A sermon in shoes is often more eloquent than a sermon on paper."

"Faith is nothing, save as it lays hold of Christ; and it does so by laying hold of the truth or testimony concerning him."

"It is the office of faith to believe what we do not see, and it shall be the reward of faith to see what we do believe."

"All other graces like birds in the nest depend upon what faith brings to them."

"Faith is a resting of the heart on God, as on the author of life and eternal salvation."

“The ultimate ground of faith and knowledge is confidence in God.”

“Faith never rests so calmly and peacefully as when it lays its head on the pillow of God's omnipotence.”

"Faith is the art of holding on to things in spite of  your changing moods and circumstances."

"...., but that James stresses the fact that a faith which does not manifest itself in good works is no true faith and therefore is not a faith that justifies."

"Faith is like the hand of the beggar that takes the gift while adding nothing to it."

"A firm faith in the universal providence of God is the solution of all earthly troubles."

"The saving power of faith resides thus not in itself, but in the Almighty Saviour on whom it rests."

“Perhaps it takes a purer faith to praise God for unrealized blessings than for those we once enjoyed or those we enjoy now.”

“The first effect of faith in Christ is the springing up of love in the heart of him who believes. This love does not lie hidden, but is revealed in the life.It shows itself in love for God; but there is no love for God which does not also make the heart warm toward man. He that loveth not his brother, whom he hath seen, cannot love God, whom he hath not seen. And this love is not a mere beautiful sentiment, glowing like a radiant vision in the soul, but fading the moment we meet our brothers in actual life; it is a love that becomes the very mainspring of all action, the burning heart of all ambition. It is a love that makes us pitiful toward all human sorrow, gentle toward human infirmity, helpful toward human need, patient under human unkindness and injury, and ready at every call to do and suffer and sacrifice.”

"Every science in a certain degree starts from faith, and, on the contrary, faith, which does not lead to science, is mistaken faith or superstition, but real, genuine faith it is not."

"We must come to good works by faith, and not to faith by good works."